Finally, Manchester United’s Victor Valdes nightmare is a thing of the past. The United Goalkeeper is now moving over to Besiktas on a two-year deal, claim reports from the English media.
Earlier in the summer, Manager Louis Van Gaal stated that the Red Devils were dead set on selling the Goalkeeper. This decision was reached after Victor Valdes chest-thumped himself out of a...

The Oakland Raiders are a team that looks poised to make a significant improvement this season. Younger NFL fans only know of the Raiders as a team that lost the tuck rule game to Tom Brady, and then fell into oblivion. Nothing could be further from the truth however, as the Raiders are actually one of the NFL’s most storied franchises; with a fine tradition.
Erin Coscarelli hails...

Yesterday was a very eventful and dramatic day at the University of Illinois. It’s not going to quiet down any time soon either. Tim Beckman was fired by Illini Athletic Director Mike Thomas on Friday afternoon, and Beckman responded with a statement that was very defiant and combative.
Have a look see:
“I am shocked and extremely disappointed by the decision Mike Thomas...

You wouldn’t think a star Notre Dame football player would fly under the radar, but there are actually three which don’t get a ton of attention despite their talents and abilities. FOX Sports did a college football preview press call today, and Notre Dame football icon Brady Quinn was one of the participants.
I asked Quinn for his thoughts on ND’s prospects this season, as...

As we speed closer to summer transfer window deadline day, one Dutch outlet claims that Manchester United is a preparing a massive, and I mean massive bid for one of the world’s greatest players.
News outlet De Telegraaf claims that Arjen Robben is the subject of a £73 million bid.
Well, it’s not as far out and crazy as the Neymar rumors, but it’s also not exactly the...

There’s still plenty of Manchester United transfer business to discuss this summer; as it appears Manager Louis van Gaal is reshaping the back line. Jonny Evans, a very likeable Northern Ireland international, has been squeezed out. He was coveted by West Brom Manager Tony Pulis, and United reportedly (BBC Sport) has agreed to a deal with WBA (£6 million, plus £2 million in...

Illinois football deserves so much better than what it currently has. The Fighting Illini were 63-48-4 (.565) during the 1980s. However, they’ve gone just 111-166-2 (.401) since John Mackovic left town to go Coach Texas. Mackovic’s name is critical because he is the most recent Illinois football head coach to leave on his own accord.
Memorial Stadium in Champaign has become...

With Tim Beckman now officially dismissed, we re-live his ten funniest instances of poor media skills while leading the University of Illinois. We are republishing this from September 23rd, last year. So this is before the “OSKEE” train wreck at Big Ten Media Day this year, the “you take away 10 plays, 30 points and we win” or whatever that was after Purdue, and numerous...

With Tim Beckman now fired by the University of Illinois today, it’s we re-publish this op-ed from May 21st.
When he took over in 2011, University of Illinois Athletic Director Mike Thomas quickly ousted the head coaches of three Illini sports. Thomas bought out the incumbent football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball coaches, and then replaced them with his own guys...

New Tottenham Hotspur signing Heung-Min Son has declared himself “pleased and honored” to be headed to White Hart Lane, after joining the team from Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen. Today he was introduced as a member of the club.
“Here comes the Son” VIDEO, via Spurs TV spurs.to/HereComesTheSonVideo
This is the third major signing of the summer...

Firing your Head college football coach a week before the season starts is a very drastic measure. So these are drastic times at the University of Illinois. Tim Beckman, who went 12-25 (4-20 in Big Ten play) during his three years leading the Illini, has been dismissed by Illinois Athletic Director Mike Thomas.
Thomas, himself on very thin ice, will address the media today at 3...

Here is the video of the full Louis van Gaal press conference today previewing the match on Sunday between Manchester United and Swansea City. Here’s the YouTube embedded below.
The main takeaways were:
-Adnan Januzaj is injured and he will not feature in this match. Phil Jones is also injured and will not play
-Marouane Fellaini could feature now that his suspension is over...

Manchester United lucked out with a very favorable Champions League playoff draw. Then they were even more fortunate in their Champions League Group stages draw. There’s really no excuse for them not to advance to the knockout round, not with all their resources.
If they do fail here, then there needs to be some serious heat on Manager Louis van Gaal.
Soccer Power Index gives...

Hello friends.
Hello Oakland Raiders fans.
It’s very difficult to interview CBS’ Jim Nantz and only use the print/online version of the discussion. You know and love his voice, so when you converse with him, not providing audio and/or video is to do a great disservice to your readers. This week we caught up with part of the NFL on CBS’ lead announce team, and we discussed...

Our Never Too Early Season Preview series continues with another NFL Network personality podcast. Earlier this summer we discussed the Chicago Bears offensive outlook with Curtis Conway. Today we break down the defense with Erin Coscarelli. She hosts of ‘Preseason HQ.’ Which airs from 5-7am pt. on NFL Network. It’s your one stop shop and everything you need to get you ready...

Northwestern named their starting quarterback yesterday, and we’ve been pretty confident all along that Clayton Thorson would win the job. Now it’s official. We came to this conclusion in the same manner that one solves a geometric proof. Because of A you have B, and then B precludes C, and then C leads to D etc.
We’ve profiled this in depth here. At NU Media Day yesterday...

You wouldn’t think a star football player at Notre Dame would fly under the radar, but there are actually three which don’t get a ton of attention despite their talents and abilities. FOX Sports did a college football preview press call today, and former ND icon Brady Quinn was one of the participants.
I asked Quinn for his thoughts on Notre Dame’s prospects this season, as...

Many NFL scouting services/media outlets/draftniks etc. rate Notre Dame‘s Ronnie Stanley as the top offensive tackle prospect in the 2016 NFL Draft class and a near certain top ten overall pick. Many analysts see Stanley playing himself into top five overall selection territory come April.
Given how much extra value the NFL places on left tackles these days (i.e. the ability...

Everyone has already known this for quite some time, but now it’s official. Hull City A.F.C. have picked up midfielder Shaun Maloney from the Chicago Fire of American the Major League Soccer. Usually, these kind of moves go the other way, a player goes from England’s BPL to the USA’s MLS. At least, when it’s a transfer of this variety which gets extensive media coverage...

It’s Man United starting XI prediction time. The match at Swansea City kicks off Sunday afternoon. Swansea City heads into their home date against Manchester United sitting in 6th place in the Premier League table. They are two points behind United who reside in fourth place with seven points. Liverpool and Leicester City also have seven, and reside in third and second while Manchester...

What’s the Manchester United fall back option post Pedro? Well, the latest transfer gossip revolves around Brazilian star Felipe Anderson. The latest update today comes from Italian outlet Tuttomercatoweb.com, who are reporting that United made an offer of €40 million (Or about £21.9 million) plus bonuses for the 22-year-old.
Sources have told ESPN FC that Ed Woodward and...

Fresh off the demolishing of Club Brugge (don’t you just love the way Manchester United Manager Louis van Gaal pronounces the name of the Belgian side in press conferences? I have trouble in trying to type out the sounds) the Red Devils now have their draw for the group stages of the Champions League.
United have a relatively easy draw. Their group includes PSV Eindhoven, CSKA...

Everyone has already known this for quite some time, but now it’s official. Hull City A.F.C. have picked up midfielder Shaun Maloney from the Chicago Fire of American the Major League Soccer. Usually, these kind of moves go the other way, a player goes from England’s BPL to the USA’s MLS. At least, when it’s a transfer of this variety which gets extensive media coverage...

It’s now official, Northwestern Coach Pat Fitzgerald has named Clayton Thorson his starting quarterback. Here’s the Tweet below, as well the original post we ran back on August 3rd, predicting this.
I also called it while doing a TV hit on CLTV “Sports Feed” and radio hit for 1620 The Zone Omaha right around that time.
Per @coachfitz51, redshirt freshman Clayton Thorson...

Everyone has already known this for quite some time, but now it’s official. Hull City A.F.C. have picked up midfielder Shaun Maloney from the Chicago Fire of American the Major League Soccer. Usually, these kind of moves go the other way, a player goes from England’s BPL to the USA’s MLS. At least, when it’s a transfer of this variety which gets extensive media coverage...